David Budbill Quotes
What seems real one moment is fiction the next and gone out of existence the moment after that. Nostalgia is the greatest enemy of truth, and change our only constancy.
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The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything.
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When I was in law school, there was a used book store nearby. I picked up a Harlequin romance and read it. It was stress relieving.
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There is only one cure for gray hair. It was invented by a Frenchman. It is called the guillotine.
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The 'M*A*S*H' cast loves each other with unconditional love; our domestic animals love us with unconditional love.
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My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people.
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I'm attracted to the rag & bone aesthetic - classic and effortless with an edge.
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When I was a Laker Girl, I only danced for three months. We did not get paid that much money, and I was working two jobs at the time. I thought that it would be a little more fun, but it was quite stressful. It's all about your weight, your hair, having the right hair extensions, what to wear, the kind of shoes you wore.
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I give away thousands of paintings for free.
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I long ago came to the conclusion that all life is 6 to 5 against.
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It's a tough job to tell a story when the audience already knows the ending, and the ending is bleak.
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Comic books have a long, fraught history with sexism.
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Kings, like children, tend to be opportunistic. Generosity only spoils them. They equate affability with weakness and hasten to exploit it.
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Die then. This is my cure for sore knees.
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He 'the male' is trapped in a twilight zone halfway between humans and apes, and is far worse off than apes, because he is, first of all, capable of a large array of negative feelings that the apes aren't - hate, jealousy, contempt, disgust, guilt, shame, disgrace, doubt - and, secondly, he is aware of what he is and isn't.
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Much like addictive drugs, power uses ready-made reward circuitries in the brain, producing extreme pleasure.
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Apple continues to make ever-thinner devices with a superlative build and a luxurious feel. What the company has achieved beneath the surface is worth even more praise.
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Fighting at the Olympics has been my lifelong dream, and I cannot believe I am there now.
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Stop trying to change reality by attempting to eliminate complexity.
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I'm not trying to be a girl by putting on a dress - gender is separated by fabric.
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Being the everyman in the writing room helps a lot: you have to be a real collaborator and selfless, and not have ego when you walk in there. That's the antithesis of the artist mentality.
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I'm not even allowed to sing in the shower at home. Too loud.
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There is no idea so brilliant or original that a sufficiently-untalented writer can't screw it up.
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A family that prays together stays together. As we are united at this moment, let us join also the prayer of all and everyone. What you can do I cannot do. And what I can do you cannot do. But all of us together are doing something beautiful for God.
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What seems real one moment is fiction the next and gone out of existence the moment after that. Nostalgia is the greatest enemy of truth, and change our only constancy.
